''(See also [[Nimloth of Númenor|Nimloth]], the White Tree of Númenor)''

''(See also [[Nimloth of Númenor|Nimloth]], the White Tree of Númenor)''

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'''Nimloth''' (died [[First Age]] 507) was an elf-maid of [[Doriath]], the daughter of [[Galathil]]<sup>1</sup>, and was of the royal line of the [[Kingdom of Doriath]].

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'''Nimloth''' (died [[First Age]] 507) was an elf-maid of [[Doriath]], the daughter of [[Galathil]]<sup>1</sup>, and was of the royal line of the [[Doriath|Kingdom of Doriath]].

In First Age 497 she wedded [[Dior Eluchíl|Dior]], King [[Thingol]]'s heir, and for a time lived with him by the [[Lanthir Lamath]] waterfall at the base of the [[Blue Mountains]]. There she gave birth to [[Elwing]], [[Eluréd]], and [[Elurín]]. In 504, after the murder of King Thingol, she returned to Doriath with her husband and became [[Queen of Doriath]]. Their reign was short-lived, however, as the [[Sons of Fëanor]] assaulted [[Menegroth]] and slew both her and Dior. This was the [[Second Kinslaying]]. Her youngest children, Eluréd and Elurín, where left in the forest to die by the servants of [[Celegorm]]. Elwing, however, escaped to the [[Havens of Sirion]]. Years later she would wed [[Eärendil the Mariner]] and together they would gain aid from [[Valinor]].

In First Age 497 she wedded [[Dior Eluchíl|Dior]], King [[Thingol]]'s heir, and for a time lived with him by the [[Lanthir Lamath]] waterfall at the base of the [[Blue Mountains]]. There she gave birth to [[Elwing]], [[Eluréd]], and [[Elurín]]. In 504, after the murder of King Thingol, she returned to Doriath with her husband and became [[Queen of Doriath]]. Their reign was short-lived, however, as the [[Sons of Fëanor]] assaulted [[Menegroth]] and slew both her and Dior. This was the [[Second Kinslaying]]. Her youngest children, Eluréd and Elurín, where left in the forest to die by the servants of [[Celegorm]]. Elwing, however, escaped to the [[Havens of Sirion]]. Years later she would wed [[Eärendil the Mariner]] and together they would gain aid from [[Valinor]].

Notes

Nimloth ancestry is difficult to reconcile with the established legendarium. She was definitely the daughter of Galathil, but after that her parentage becomes uncertain. In Unfinished Tales, Tolkien attempted to reconcile the ancestry of Celeborn, Lord of Lórien, and the husband of Galadriel. One of his theories was that Celeborn was a descendant of Elmo, younger brother of Thingol, and thus of the royal family of Doriath. This would also make him a kinsman of Nimloth. However, Tolkien never decided whether this ancestry would become definitive.